Stockholm, Oct 3 (BUS): This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Swedish scientist Svante Papu for his discoveries in human evolution.
Thomas Perelman, secretary of the Nobel Committee, was announced the winner Monday at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, the Associated Press reported.
Papo led research comparing the genomes of modern humans and our closest extinct relatives, Neanderthals and Denisovans, showing admixture between species.
The Medicine Prize was the start of a week after the Nobel Prize was announced. Tuesday continues with the Physics Prize, Chemistry on Wednesday and Literature on Thursday. The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday and the Economics Prize on October 10.
The drug was received last year by David Julius and Erdem Patbutian for their discoveries about how the human body perceives temperature and touch.
The prizes carry a cash prize of 10 million Swedish kronor (approximately $900,000) and will be awarded on December 10. The money comes from a will left by the prize’s creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, who died in 1895.
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